Past Courses

8th International Course on Medieval Music Performance

July 6-20, 2019

COURSES & WORKSHOPS:

1) Voices & Instruments: De instrumentis medii aevi – Performing with Strings, Winds, and Percussion

• Theory Class: Reconstruction of Instrumental Repertoires from Vocal Pieces (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Reconstructing the Medieval Ear: Pythagorean Tuning Class for All Students (Cristina Alís Raurich)
• Medieval Ensemble (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Chamber Music Sessions – Performance of Selected Repertoire in Small Ensembles (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Instruments:
  • Vielle (Alejandro Hernández)
  • Citole / Guittern / Romanesque and Gothic Lutes (Martí Beltran)
  • Psaltery / Rotta (Martí Beltran)
  • Harp (Claire Piganiol)
  • Portative Organ (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Bagpipes / Pipe and Tabor / Albogues (Horn Pipes) / Frestel (Raúl Lacilla)
  • Frame drums and percussion (Maurico Molina, Octavio Beltrán)

2) Medieval Singing Workshop with Benjamin Bagby: The Troubadours in Northern Italy

3) Medieval Singing Workshop with Katarina Livljanić: The Art of the Medieval Cantor: Chant and Early Polyphony (9-11th c.)

4) Manuscript to Performance: Instruments, Song Accompaniment, and Extant Instrumental Music

• • Historical, Political, Spiritual, and artistic Context of Medieval Pilgrimage (Dr. Meritxell Marti)
  • Materializing the Medieval Pilgrimage Song (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
  • The Codex Callixtinus (Juan Carlos Asensio)
  • The Libre Vermell of Montserrat (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Special Lectures:
    • Estampies Royales: The French Instrumental Compositions from the Manuscrit du Roi (Paris B.N. 844) (Dr. Mauricio Molina / Raúl Lacilla)
    • Istampitte and Saltarelli: Italian Instrumental Pieces from the Ms London, B. L. Add 29987 (Cristina Alís Raurich)

5) Musical Instrument Workshop I: Guittern and Romanesque Vielle (Asier de Benito)

6) Musical Instrument Workshop II: Psaltery, Romanesque Lute, Romanesque Vielle (Gonzalo Pieters)

FACULTY:

• Dr. Mauricio Molina
• Cristina Alís Raurich
• Benjamin Bagby
• Katarina Livljanić
• Alejandro Hernández
• Martí Beltran
• Claire Piganiol
• Raúl Lacilla
• Gonzalo Pieters
• Asier de Benito
• Octavio Beltrán

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7th International Course on Medieval Music Performance

July 7-22, 2018

COURSES & WORKSHOPS:

1) Voices & Instrument: Chevaliers non estes guaritz: Performing Latin and Vernacular Crusaders Song Repertoire with Voices and Instruments

• Theory and Practice of Medieval Music (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Pythagorean Tuning for Singers (Cristina Alís Raurich)
• Medieval Ensemble  (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Chamber Music Sessions (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Instruments:
  • Voice (José Pizarro, Lorena García)
  • Vielle (Alejandro Hernández)
  • Citole / Romanesque Lute / Psaltery (Martí Beltran)
  • Harp (Claire Piganiol)
  • Portative Organ (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Musa (medieval bagpipe) / Panflute (Raúl Lacilla)
  • Frame Drums and Percussion (Maurico Molina, Octavio Beltrán)

2) Medieval Singing Workshop: Songs for and about medieval Crusaders (Benjamin Bagby)

3) Musicorum Concio: Crusade Conductus and Rondellus from the Ms. Pluteo 29 (Dr. Mauricio Molina)

4) Manuscript to Performance: Playing Medieval Musical Instruments –Techniques for Voice Accompaniment, and Performing Medieval Instrumental Music (11th-14th centuries)

• • The Study of Medieval Musical Instruments: Gathering Data about the Construction, Performance, and Symbolism of Instruments from Medieval Visual and Literary Sources (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
  • Accompanying the Medieval Song with Musical Instruments (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
  • Ornamenting Medieval Vocal and Instrumental Pieces (Dr. Mauricio Molina / Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Musical Instruments, Voices, and Medieval Tuning (900-1400) (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • What to Read: Musical Instruments in Medieval Texts (Raúl Lacilla)
  • Accompanying Troubadour and Trouvère Songs with Musical Instruments (Raúl Lacilla)
  • Special Lectures:
    • Six strings, five fingers, one voice: Harp, mode, meter and text in the performance of early medieval epic (Benjamin Bagby)
    • Inflated Cheeks, Pipes, and Finger Holes: Medieval Wind Instruments and their Performance 1000-1300 (Raúl Lacilla)
    • Sliders, Keys, Bellows, and Pipes: The Pipe Organ in the Middle Ages (Cristina Alís Raurich)
    • Plucking, Scratching, and Bowing: Medieval String Instruments and their Performance (Martí Beltrán)
    • Striking Skin and Metal: Medieval Percussion Instruments and Their Performance (]Dr. Mauricio Molina)

5) Music Pilgrimage Hike to the Churches of Palera (Martí Beltrán)

FACULTY:

• Dr. Mauricio Molina
• Cristina Alís Raurich
• Juan Carlos Asencio
• Benjamin Bagby
• José Pizarro
• Lorena García
• Alejandro Hernández
• Martí Beltran
• Claire Piganiol
• Dr. Meritxell Marti
• Dr. Raúl Lacilla
• Octavio Beltrán

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6th International Course on Medieval Music Performance

July 8-22, 2017

COURSES & WORKSHOPS:

1) Voices & Instrument: O Roma Nobilis – Music on the Pilgrimage Routes

• Theory and Practice of Medieval Music: Improvisation of Preludes and Postludes for Medieval Songs and Dances (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Officium in mane(José Pizarro)
• Pythagorean Tuning for Singers (Cristina Alís Raurich)
• Medieval Ensemble: Pilgrimage music from Rome, Santa María de Salas (Aragón), Limoges, Conques, and Canterbury.  (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Chamber Music Sessions (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Instruments:
  • Voice (José Pizarro, Lorena García)
  • Vielle (Alejandro Hernández)
  • Citole (Martí Beltran)
  • Harp (Claire Piganiol)
  • Portative Organ (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Musa (medieval bagpipe) / Panflute (Raúl Lacilla)
  • Percussion (Maurico Molina, Octavio Beltrán)

2) Liturgical Chant: Music from the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem (Chant of the Knights Templar) (Marcel Pérès)

3) Developing the Medieval Ear: Pythagorean Tuning Workshops I, II & III (Cristina Alís Raurich)

4) Manuscript to Performance: Reconstructing the Context and Performance of Medieval Pilgrimage Music

• • Historical, Political, Spiritual, and artistic Context of Medieval Pilgrimage (Dr. Meritxell Marti)
  • Materializing the Medieval Pilgrimage Song (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
  • The Codex Callixtinus (Juan Carlos Asensio)
  • The Libre Vermell of Montserrat (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Special Lectures:
    • Music from Saint-Guilhem-le-Dèsert, a Stopping Place on theRoute to Saint James of Compostela (Dr. Gisèle Clement)
    • St. Martial, the Apostle the Never Was (Cristina Alís Raurich)

5) Making a Romanesque Panpipe (Frestel) (Gonzalo Pieters, Raúl Lacilla)

6) Music Pilgrimage Hike to the Churches of Palera (Martí Beltrán)

FACULTY:

• Dr. Mauricio Molina
• Cristina Alís Raurich
• Marcel Pérès
• José Pizarro
• Lorena García
• Alejandro Hernández
• Martí Beltran
• Claire Piganiol
• Juan Carlos Asencio
• Gisèle Cement
• Dr. Meritxell Marti
• Dr. Raúl Lacilla
• Gonzalo Pieters
• Octavio Beltrán

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5th International Course on Medieval Music Performance

July 8-23, 2016

PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS:

1) Voices & Instrument: Carmina Burana

• Theory and Practice of Medieval Music: Accompaniment techniques for the Medieval song (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Officium in mane (José Pizarro)
• Pythagorean Tuning for Singers (Cristina Alís Raurich)
• Medieval Ensemble: Carmina Burana repertoire (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Chamber Music Sessions (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Instruments:
  • Voice (José Pizarro, Lorena García)
  • Vielle (Alejandro Hernández)
  • Citole (Martí Beltran)
  • Harp (Claire Piganiol)
  • Portative Organ (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Percussion (Dr. Maurico Molina, Octavio Beltrán)

2) Liturgical Chant: Liturgical Drama from Carmina Burana (Juan Carlos Asencio)

3) Ars Antiqua Workshop: The Conductus (Dr. Mark Everist, John Potter, Christopher O’Gorman, and Rogers Covey-Crump)

4) Developing the Medieval Ear: Pythagorean Tuning Workshops I & II (Cristina Alís Raurich)

5) Medieval Languages for Performers: Introduction to Medieval Latin (Dr. Valerie Wilhite)

6) Manuscript to Performance

• Gathering the Medieval Song – Poetic Text, Melody and Song Construction (Dr. Valerie Wilhite)
• Materializing the Song I – Performance Theories (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• The Song in the Medieval Pythagorean-Boethian Universe (Cristina Alís Raurich)
• The Song and the Voice (José Pizarro)
• Materializing the Song II – Constructing Performance with Voices and Instruments (Dr. Valerie Wilhite, Dr. Mauricio Molina, Cristina Alís Raurich, José Pizarro)

FACULTY:

• Dr. Mauricio Molina
• Cristina Alís Raurich
• José Pizarro
• Lorena García
• Alejandro Hernández
• Martí Beltran
• Claire Piganiol
• Juan Carlos Asencio
• Dr. Valerie Wilhite
• Dr. Mark Everist
• John Potter
• Christopher O’Gorman
• Rogers Covey-Crump
• Octavio Beltrán

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4th International Course on Medieval Music Performance

July 4-12, 2015

1) Voices & Instrument: Music in the Medieval Iberian Peninsula

• Theory and Practice of Medieval Music: Ornamentation for music composed before 1300 (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Officium in mane (José Pizarro)
• Pythagorean Tuning for Singers (Cristina Alís Raurich)
• Medieval Ensemble (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
  • Religious Repertoires – Cantigas de Santa Maria, Huelgas Codex, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
  • Secular Repertoires – Cantigas d’Amigo, Catalan troubadours, Manuscript Sant Joan de les Abadesses
• Chamber Music Sessions (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Instruments:
  • Voice (José Pizarro)
  • Vielle (Alejandro Hernández)
  • Citole (Martí Beltran)
  • Harp (Claire Piganiol)
  • Portative Organ (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Percussion (Dr. Maurico Molina)

2) Liturgical Chant: Mozarabic Chant (Juan Carlos Asencio)

3) Ars Nova Workshop: Music in the Papal Court of Avignon – 1309-1342 (Cristina Alís Raurich)

4) Developing the Medieval Ear: Pythagorean Tuning Workshop (Cristina Alís Raurich)

FACULTY:

• Dr. Mauricio Molina
• Cristina Alís Raurich
• Juan Carlos Asencio
• José Pizarro
• Alejandro Hernández
• Martí Beltran
• Claire Piganiol
• Octavio Beltrán

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3rd International Course on Medieval Music Performance

July 4-12, 2014

PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS:

1) Voices & Instrument: Monophonic and polyphonic music from the 12th and 13th centuries

• Theory and Practice of Medieval Music: The rhythm of the Medieval song – following the treatises and musicological theories (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Officium in mane (José Pizarro)
• Pythagorean Tuning for Singers (Cristina Alís Raurich)
• Medieval Ensemble (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
  • Religious and Secular music from the 12th & 13th centuries
• Chamber Music Sessions (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Instruments:
  • Voice (José Pizarro)
  • Vielle (Alejandro Hernández)
  • Citole/Lute (Pepe Morales Luna)
  • Harp (Claire Piganiol)
  • Recorders (Claire Piganiol)
  • Portative Organ (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Percussion (Dr. Maurico Molina)

2) Gregorian Chant: Plainchant sources, context and performance (Juan Carlos Asencio)

3) Ars Nova Workshop: Roman de Fauvel – French polyphony from the early 14th century (Cristina Alís Raurich)

FACULTY:

• Dr. Mauricio Molina
• Cristina Alís Raurich
• Juan Carlos Asencio
• José Pizarro
• Alejandro Hernández
• Martí Beltran
• Claire Piganiol
• Octavio Beltrán

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2nd International Course on Medieval Music Performance

July 9-15, 2013

PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS:

1) Voices & Instrument: The Troubadours

• Theory and Practice of Medieval Music: Melodic and rhythmic elements  in the performance of troubadour songs (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Officium in mane (José Pizarro)
• Pythagorean Tuning for Singers (Cristina Alís Raurich)
• Medieval Ensemble: Music of the Troubadours (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Instruments:
  • Voice (José Pizarro)
  • Vielle (Alejandro Hernández)
  • Citole/Guitern (Pepe Morales Luna)
  • Portative Organ (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Bagpipes / Hornpipe (Francesc Sans i Bonet)
  • Percussion (Dr. Maurico Molina)

2) Gregorian Chant: Liturgical Music for a Feast Day(Juan Carlos Asencio)

3) Ars Nova Workshop: Music by Petrus de Cruce, Johannes de Muris, and Phillippe de Vitry (Cristina Alís Raurich)

4) Weekend Choral Program (José Pizarro)

FACULTY:

• Dr. Mauricio Molina
• Cristina Alís Raurich
• Juan Carlos Asencio
• José Pizarro
• Alejandro Hernández
• Pepe Morales Luna
• Francesc Sans i Bonet

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1st International Course on Medieval Music Performance

July 9-15, 2012

PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS:

1) Voices & Instrument: Songs and Dances from the 12th & 13th centuries

• Theory and Practice of Medieval Music: Different Performance Indications from Medieval Sources / Pythagorean Tuning Theory (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Officium in mane (José Pizarro)
• Medieval Ensemble: Songs and Dances from the 12^th and 13^th centuries (Dr. Mauricio Molina)
• Instruments:
  • Voice (José Pizarro)
  • Vielle (Meritxell Genis)
  • Portative Organ (Cristina Alís Raurich)
  • Recorder (Tiam Goudarsi)
  • Percussion (Dr. Maurico Molina)

2) Weekend Choral Program (José Pizarro)

FACULTY:

• Dr. Mauricio Molina
• Cristina Alís Raurich
• José Pizarro
• Meritxell Genis
• Tiam Goudarsi

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